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XP' it V .MMM .,,' J l C 3 1 fi AKA-II2 HI TOR OF L LARE The inception of USS TULARE CAKA-1125 goes back to the period immediately followingthe outbreak of hostilities in Korea. On 26 July 1951, the characteristics of a new AKA, known as Project No. 77, were approved by the Chief of Naval Operations. These characteristics were based on the conversion of a Maritime Com- mission single cargo vessel. The Evergreen Mariner hull No. 32, built by the Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. at San Francisco, was chosen, She had never sailed in her civilian capacity before being commissioned in the Navy. In June of 1954 she was taken back to her building yard for Navy uniform. The conversion period lasted from June 1954 to 12 January, 1956 on which date she was commissioned as the USS TULARE CAKA-1121, our first and, to date, our only postwar AKA. She reported to the Com- mander Amphibious Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet for duty, and went on her shakedown cruise in 1957 to the South Pacific to serve as a unit of the SEVENTH Fleet. She is presently serving as a unit of Amphibious Squadron THREE, Amphibious Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet. TULARE, as a Mariner-class ship, is one of the fastest single screw ships in the world, capable of sustained sea speeds in excess of twenty knots for a distance of over 10,000 miles. TULARE can circle the globe at twelve knots without refueling. She has six holds with quick- opening roller type hatch covers. She has three sixty ton booms, one forty ton boom along with many lighter booms to service these hatches. TULARE has a cargo capacity of 310,000 cubic bale feet, and accomodations for eighteen officers and 301 enlisted personnel in troop spaces. Her assault boats provide the magic bridge to transport supplies from sea to shore. But, in addition, TULARE has a helicopter platform, a feature unique among AKA's. This flight deck of over 4,000 square feet allows expeditious trans- fer of cargo and personnel to and from the beaches.
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